US EditionIsrael identifies latest hostage remains returned by Hamas from Gaza as Tanzanian student
Joshua Mollel's remains are the 22nd returned by Hamas since the ceasefire began, leaving six bodies still held in Gaza, officials said.
- On 11/06/2025, Israeli authorities confirmed the remains returned from Gaza are of Tanzanian agricultural student Joshua Loitu Mollel, handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross late Wednesday and identified by the Abu Kabir forensic institute.
- Mollel, 21, had arrived at Kibbutz Nahal Oz 19 days before the Oct. 7, 2023, attack to take part in an agricultural internship and was seized alive while working in a cowshed.
- Militants have released 22 bodies since the ceasefire began last month, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Israel has handed over 285 bodies, and six remain in Gaza.
- The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said `Joshua’s return offers some comfort to a family that has endured unbearable uncertainty for over two years,` while the Foreign Ministry of Israel posted on X it was "heartbroken but relieved" after 761 days in captivity.
- Health officials in Gaza warn that identification is complicated by DNA testing kits shortages and devastation, while exchanges remain central to the U.S.-brokered ceasefire despite mutual accusations.
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Israel Confirms Return of Tanzanian Hostage Joshua Mollel
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Mollel, 21, was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nahal Oz during Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack. "The Government of Israel shares in the deep sorrow of the Mollel family and all the families of the fallen hostages," Netanyahu's office said. World News | Israel Confirms Return of Tanzanian Hostage Joshua Mollel.
All the living hostages are back, with which Hamas has a ceasefire. Israel could actually breathe, but the country is facing a historical trial.
The body handed over to Israel last night is the remains of a Tanzanian student.
Body Of Murdered Foreign Worker Returned By Hamas, 6 Remain In Captivity
At the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Abu Kabir, the identification process for the body of the kidnapped victim whose remains were returned to Israel last night from Hamas captivity was completed on Thursday morning. The deceased is a foreign worker from Tanzania, Joshua Loitu Mollel. Loito Mollel, an agricultural intern from Tanzania, was residing in […]
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